SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
What’s so special about ‘Krishna Janmashtami’?
Krishna Janmashtami, also known as Krishnashtami, Janmashtami, or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth manifestation of Hindu deity Vishnu. Krishna is described as a very powerful deity.
Krishna's birth is commemorated and observed on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) in...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
FILE - Heavy traffic heads south on Interstate 93 over the Zakim Bridge, Friday, Sep. 1, 2023, in Boston. Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. A new study released Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, found that most major brands admit they may be selling your personal data, with half saying they will share it with the...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Pirola Variant of Covid-19
A coronavirus variant has raised concern across the world amid rise in cases in the United States, UK, China and parts of Europe. The new BA.2.86 variant, named ‘Pirola’, is a highly mutated variant of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, which emerged in 2021 and led to huge cases and deaths.
Pirola has over...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
AAP MP Raghav Chadha.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Tuesday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party amid the controversy over Rashtrapati Bhawan's G20 dinner invite bearing ‘President of Bharat’.
“We might consider changing the name of our alliance to BHARAT in the next meeting. Meanwhile the BJP should now start thinking of a new name...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
AP Poll Trump Indictments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith warned Tuesday that former President Donald Trump's “daily” statements risk tainting a jury pool in Washington in the criminal case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump's provocative comments about both Smith's team and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu’s invite to G20 delegates for a dinner along with an official communication identifying Narendra Modi as the “Prime Minister of Bharat” sparked speculation on whether the government was moving to drop “India” as the country's name.
This was not the first time that the government favoured use of Bharat. It transpires that the...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. A recent poll shows Donald Trump's chances of winning the Capitol Riot case against him. - Photo by SAUL LOEB /...
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Federal judges on Tuesday struck down a new congressional map created by Alabama Republicans that includes only one majority-Black district, defying a Supreme Court order.
“We are disturbed by the evidence that the State delayed remedial proceedings but ultimately did not even nurture the ambition to provide the required remedy,” the judges wrote in a 217-page filing Tuesday....
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
NEW DELHI: For Surendar Kumar, 72, going for a doctor's appointment is a nightmare. He has to climb down from his fourth-floor flat at Vandana Apartment in Rohini and climb up once again.
Kumar, who suffered a heart attack around a year ago, knows the exact count of stairs he has to climb to reach his house. "It...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit Florida to view the damage caused by Hurricane Idalia storm.
LIVE OAK, FLORIDA - US President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Saturday to survey the destruction from Hurricane Idalia and comfort victims of the storm, but he did not meet with Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential...
